Necktie holder



May 7, 1963 w. D. RITCHEY 3,088,597

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed. May 29, 1961 INVENTOR. Wmmm D. Rn'u-a EY,

BY Qt Arromvsv United States Patent F 3,088,597 NECKTIE HOLDER WilliamD. Rite-hey, 684 NE. 40th St., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Filed May 29, 1961,Ser. No. 113,533 4 Claims. (Cl. 211-13) formed of a continuous sectionof wire having a head portion and a base portion that are provided withspaced apart legs and with the head portion and the base portion eachhaving inwardly disposed bars for the wraparound support of the necktiessupported upon the first named bars and with the wire constituting thehead portion being inwardly directed and arcuately formed to provide asocket whereby the entire device may be supported upon a conventionalpole, common with respect to storage closets.

The invention comprises a wire necktie holder having means associatedtherewith whereby the neckties supported upon the tie supporting barsmay be wrapped around the hanger for compact storage within a suitablecontainer, such as to provide a novel travel kit and whereby theneckties will be held in their wrapped around relation to preventcreasing of the ties.

Novel features of construction and operation of the device will be moreclearly apparent during the course of the following description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein has beenillustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like charactersof reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the severalfigures.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a side elevation of a necktie holder constiucted inaccordance with the invention,

FIGURE 2 is an edge view thereof and,

FIGURE 3 is a vertical section taken on line 33 of FIGURE 1 andillustrating a plurality of neckties in dotted lines showing the tiespartially wrapped around the hanger.

Referring specifically to the drawings, there has been illustrated anecktie holder formed of a plurality of wire sections of relativelystiff wire and bent at opposite ends to form a head portion 5 and a baseportion 6. The head portion 5 is bent to form a pair of spaced apartlegs 7, that are connected together by a bar 8. The bar 8 is setinwardly from the ends of the legs 7. One leg 7 is provided with adiagonal bar 9, continuous with the leg 7 and a vertical portion '10that terminates in a lower leg 11. The lower leg 11 is bent inwardly toform a horizontal bar 12 and the bar 12 terminates at its free end in acorresponding leg 13. The bars 8 and 12 form sockets 14 and 15, and withthe sockets being in vertical alignment. The sockets 14 and 15constitute guides or wraparound members for the reception of neckties orthe like, illustrated in dotted lines at 16. The opposite leg 7 is bentinwardly and arcuately formed as at 1-7, to form a socket 18 for theengagement of the device over a conventional clothes hole in a closet orother storage area. The free end of the arcuate portion 17 is welded orotherwise fixedly connected to the diagonal bar 9, as

3,983,597 Patented May 7, 1963 ICC Also engaged with the frame of thedevice, is an L-shaped wire 20, having a vertical leg portion 21 andwith the vertical leg portion 21 at its upper end being welded orotherwise connected to the diagonal bar 9, as shown at 22. A horizontalleg 23 is welded or otherwise connected to the bar 12 for its majorlength. The free end of the bar 23 is angled upwardly as at 24 andconstitutes a lower necktie support and with the end 24 preventing theneckties from slipping laterally from the holder. Welded or otherwiseconnected to the leg 21 are plurality of bars 25, also having their endsangled upwardly as at 26, to prevent lateral slipping of the necktiesfrom the bars. The entire device is formed of Wire having an identicaldiameter although, the device may be formed of any desirable material.

In the use of the device, neckties are supported upon the several bars23- and 25 and with the entire structure being supported upon a clothespole by snapping engagement into the socket 18, the ties will be held insuspended relation and in overlapping relation. When the device is to beemployed for supporting neckties, as in traveling, the neckties arewrapped around the frame member and guided in their wrapping action bysockets 14 and 15, such initial wrapping being indicated in FIGURE 3 andthe wrapping is continued until the ties have been completely wrappedaround the frame. With the ties in the wrapped position, they arepreferably engaged within a suitable container where they will be heldagainst shifting or creasing. When the device is to be suspended from aclothes pole, the ties are unwrapped and fall downwardly and the hangerbodily engaged with a clothes pole or other supporting structure.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very novel form of necktieholder has been provided, the structure is simple and economicallyformed and constitutes a hanger for the normal suspension of neckties orwhen traveling, provides a novel means of wrapping the group of necktiesbodily around the frame to be held within the sockets 14 and 15 againstshifting. The device is ornamental, is strong, durable and mostelfective for supporting at least four neckties either in a suspendedmanner or in the wrapped around engagement of the frame for travelpurposes.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily fallwithin the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scopeof the subjoined claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A necktie holder of the character described for suspendingly holdinga plurality of neckties comprising, a wire frame having cross rods atits upper and lower ends, the uppermost cross rod being upturned at oneend and then directed downwardly to form a loop having its upper limitdisposed above the uppermost cross rod, the downwardly directed partbeing in the form of a leg extending diagonally across the frame to meeta diagonally opposite end of the lowermost cross rod in a loop havingits limit located below the lowermost cross rod, an L-shaped wirenecktie-support having parallel necktie-holding rods extending from itand on which neckties are suspended, said support being attached at itsupper end to the diagonally-extending leg and being attached at itslower end to the lowermost cross rod, the second end of the uppermostcross rod being formed into an upwardly-extending loop having its upperlimit located above the uppermost cross rod, said loop having a downwardleg extension provided at its lower end with an inturned suspension loophaving an end attached to the diagonal leg.

2. A necktie-holder as provided for in claim 1, wherein the cross rodsat the upper and lower ends of the frame are disposed inwardly of theloops at the ends of said cross rods so that neckties can be wrappedaround the frame and will be confined on the cross rods between theloops thereof.

3. A necktie-holder comprising, a wire frame provided with a cross rodat each of its upper and lower ends, a loop at each end of each of thecross rods to maintain neckties wrapped around the cross rods andbetween the loops thereon, one of the loops at one end of the uppercross rod being connected by a diagonal leg to the loop at thediagonally opposite end of the lower cross rod, the loop on the secondend of the upper cross rod having a downwardly and inwardly extendingleg formed with a suspension hook having its end attached to thediagonal leg, and a necktie-holding frame secured at one end to thediagonal leg and at its other end to the lower cross rod, saidnecktie-holding frame having a plurality of necktie-supporting rodsprojecting from it.

4. A necktie-holder as provided for in claim 3, wherein the suspensionhook is positioned within the frame between the upper cross rod and thediagonal leg, the necktie-supporting rods being positioned between thediagonal leg and the lower cross rod and extending parallel to the saidlower cross rod.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS

1. A NECKTIE HOLDER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED FOR SUSPENDINGLY HOLDINGA PLURALITY OF NECKTIES COMPRISING, A WIRE FRAME HAVING CROSS RODS ATITS UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, THE UPPERMOST CROSS ROD BEING UPTURNED AT ONEEND AND THEN DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY TO FORM A LOOP HAVING ITS UPPER LIMITDISPOSED ABOVE THE UPPERMOST CROSS ROD, THE DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED PARTBEING IN THE FORM OF A LEG EXTENDING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE FRAME TO MEETA DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE END OF THE LOWERMOST CROSS ROD IN A LOOP HAVINGITS LIMIT LOCATED BELOW THE LOWERMOST CROSS ROD, AN L-SHAPED WIRENECKTIE-SUPPORT HAVING PARALLEL NECKTIE-HOLDING RODS EXTENDING FROM ITAND ON WHICH NECKTIES ARE SUSPENDED, SAID SUPPORT BEING ATTACHED AT ITSUPPER END TO THE DIAGONALLY-EXTENDING LEG AND BEING ATTACHED AT ITSLOWER END TO THE LOWERMOST CROSS ROD, THE SECOND END OF THE UPPERMOSTCROSS ROD BEING FORMED INTO AN UPWARDLY-EXTENDING LOOP HAVING ITS UPPERLIMIT LOCATED ABOVE THE UPPERMOST CROSS ROD, SAID LOOP HAVING A DOWNWARDLEG EXTENSION PROVIDED AT ITS LOWER END WITH AN INTURNED SUSPENSION LOOPHAVING AN END ATTACHED TO THE DIAGONAL LEG.